A Mash-Up of VINTAGE, MODERN, and CHIC design ideas with a major splash of DIY.

Friday, March 2, 2012

Dying for Diagonal

Stripes. I love them. They add visiual punch to just about anything. Usually it's super cheap to add them to a piece of furniture, accent wall, whatever. But, did you know the type of stripe you pick says something about you? More on that later. Here are some pix of a dresser I redid in DIAGONAL stripes.

I love how the uber-traditional lines and detail on this cabinet compliment the graphic and modern stripes. Here was the chest before:

It was "cute" but certainly not a WOW of a piece. LOVE THIS ONE! Super easy - just taped off the stripes, painted and voila. And my project was featured HERE a while back on one of my very favorite "Before & After" design blogs, Better After. This is my MUST CHECK blog each day!

Now, back to my stripe personality test:

* Vertical Stripes (that's up and down to you and me) - traditional, orderly, neat.

4 comments:

Hi! It was actually very easy to do the diagonal stripes. I started with finding the line that ran between the top right corner and bottom left corner, then just measured from there with a yard stick, every 2 inches. SUPER EASY! I always screw up measuring these types of projects, so I’m sure I redid a thing or two. But I was so happy with the result.Trish

Mash-Up!

My style which I call Mash-Up Chic is a mix of MODERN, VINTAGE and CHIC design. I believe that if you fill your home with items you really love, no matter what the style of each, it just all goes together. And, a house full of items picked or made with love is a warm home that welcomes your guests. Hope you enjoy Mash-Up Chic's blog as I talk about lots of DIY projects, up-cycling old items, trends in decorating, talk about my shopping (junking) trips, and also my crazy and fast-moving life. If you'd like to contact me, you can email me at triciafike@msn.com.

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I am a full-time working professional, mom to three kids and one husband. I'm very involved in my kids' school and church, and in all my spare time I love design, decorating, DIY and all that goes with it. I'm a yard sale and thrift shop queen and would prefer to turn a one-of-a-kind curb-picked dresser into a show piece than buy something ready-made any day. Curb-picked, yard sale, thrift store - yeah you get the picture, I'm CHEAP and love to execute great design on a dime. Some of my ideas work, some don't, but I'll show 'em all! It's amazing what some paint and creativity can do. PS - I never met a can of spray paint I didn't like. I live in my hometown of Louisville, KY surrounded by an amazing slew of family and friends.